CVE-2017-5390

critical

Description

The JSON viewer in the Developer Tools uses insecure methods to create a communication channel for copying and viewing JSON or HTTP headers data, allowing for potential privilege escalation. This vulnerability affects Thunderbird < 45.7, Firefox ESR < 45.7, and Firefox < 51.

References

Advisories
More

https://www.debian.org/security/2017/dsa-3832

https://www.debian.org/security/2017/dsa-3771

https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201702-22

https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201702-13

http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1037693

http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/95769

http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2017-0238.html

http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2017-0190.html

https://www.mozilla.org/security/advisories/mfsa2017-03/

https://www.mozilla.org/security/advisories/mfsa2017-02/

https://www.mozilla.org/security/advisories/mfsa2017-01/

https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1297361

Details

Source: Mitre, NVD

Published: 2018-06-11

Updated: 2024-11-21

Risk Information

CVSS v2

Base Score: 7.5

Vector: CVSS2#AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

Severity: High

CVSS v3

Base Score: 9.8

Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Severity: Critical

EPSS

EPSS: 0.01395